Mangaluru: Two arrested for collecting bank accounts for cyber fraud
Mangaluru: Mangaluru City police have arrested two persons for allegedly collecting bank accounts from the public and using them for cyber fraud.
The accused have been identified as Mohammed Aneesh (30) from Kasaba Bengre, Kuloor Post, and Saleeth Ahmed M (32) from Surathkal.
According to the Cyber Command Unit, a complainant Mohammed Sinan approached Mangaluru City Cyber Crime police station on Wednesday and alleged that the accused had taken his bank account under the pretext of using it for a trading business. However, the account was later used for cyber fraud.
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Based on this complaint, a case was registered under section 66(C) and 66(D) of the IT Act and under section 308 (5), 318(4), 319 (2), 3 (5) of BNS. During the investigation, technical evidence was collected and analysed.
According to police, the accused revealed that they purchased USDT from Indians at a lower price, and sold it at a higher price to scammers in China. The Chinese scammers allegedly transferred money obtained through cyber fraud committed against Indians into the bank accounts provided by the accused.
To facilitate these transactions, the accused collected bank accounts from general public in Mangaluru. The police seized four mobile phones, 18 debit cards, 17 bank passbooks, six cheque books, USDT 1,479.31 and a car from the accused.
It was also found that the accused had full knowledge of the cyber fraud. Whenever complaints were registered against the bank accounts used for cyber fraud, and the accounts were frozen, they allegedly collected new bank accounts and continued the fraudulent activities.
Further interrogation revealed that the accused had collected more than 70 bank account details from people in Mangaluru city and used them for cyber fraud. Out of these, 37 bank accounts were already reported on NCRP portal, with more than 88 complaints registered across the country.
Further investigation is underway.
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Four held for Rs 33 lakh online investment fraud; interstate racket busted
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi Police has busted an interstate cyber fraud syndicate involved in an online investment scam and arrested four persons, an official said on Saturday.
A crime branch team arrested the accused in a case where a victim was allegedly cheated of Rs 33.83 lakh on the pretext of lucrative returns through online trading platforms.
“Police said the accused lured victims with promises of high returns and later coerced them into depositing more money on the pretext of unlocking or withdrawing earlier investments,” the officer said.
Police said the racket operated across several states, including Delhi, Punjab and Rajasthan, and used a network of mule bank accounts to route and layer the defrauded money to conceal its origin.
“During the investigation, the cheated amount was traced to 15 bank accounts. Thirteen of these accounts were registered outside Delhi, indicating the organised and interstate nature of the syndicate,” said the police officer.
The accused have been identified as Mohammad Khalid (26) and Atiur Rahman (23), both residents of Delhi, Ramandeep Singh (29) from Punjab, and Tanish alias Heera Ram (27) from Rajasthan.
According to the police, Khalid was arrested on March 15 and allegedly disclosed that he gave his bank account details and SIM card to a co-accused for a commission.
Rahman, who was already lodged in a jail in Haryana in a similar case, was later formally arrested. Ramandeep Singh was arrested on April 6 and allegedly admitted to sharing his account credentials for monetary gain.
Tanish was apprehended from Rajasthan on April 9 for facilitating the use of such accounts in the fraud network.
During the probe, officers analysed over 100 call detail records, IMEI data and transaction-related digital evidence to track the accused and establish the money trail.
Three mobile phones and SIM cards used in the crime have been recovered.
Further investigation is underway to identify other members of the syndicate and trace additional financial linkages, the police said.
